Mad River Brewing Company

Mad River Brewing Company is a brewery established in 1989 and located in Blue Lake, California, known for its green production processes.

Mad River Brewing Company

History and awards

The brewery was established 1989 by brewmaster Bob Smith.[1][2] Its Steelhead Extra Pale Ale was listed by the Oakland Tribune as one of ten "quintessential Northern California beers".[3] Other beers produced by Mad River have included Steelhead Stout,[4] Serious Madness Black Ale,[5] Double Dread Imperial Red,[6] and John Barleycorn Barleywine.[7]

The brewery has won local, national and international awards including in the World Beer Cup and the Great American Beer Festival. At the 2010 Great American Beer Festival they won best brewery in the nation in their class, the Small Brewing Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year.

Waste reduction and recycling

The company attempts to reuse all of its equipment and materials and has a reported waste reduction rate of 98 percent.[8][9] Much of the organic waste, ten tons of spent barley malt and yeast a year, are fed to local livestock or used as composting material.[9][10] For their efforts in waste reduction the company won 7 WRAP awards presented by the California Integrated Waste Management Board.[9]

Awards
Name Category Honors
Humboldt Brownie Other Strong Beer 2015 Great American Beer Festival Silver
Jamaica Red Ale American-Style Amber/Red Ale 2011 Great American Beer Festival Silver
John Barleycorn Barleywine Barley Wine Style Ale 2007 Great American Beer Festival Gold
John Barleycorn Barleywine '06 Aged Beer 2010 Great American Beer Festival Silver
Mad River Brewing Company Small Brewing Company
Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year		 2010 Great American Beer Festival
Super Chili Pepper Madness Herb and Spice or Chocolate Beer 2010 Great American Beer Festival Bronze
Steelhead Extra Pale Ale Golden or Blonde Ale 2008 Great American Beer Festival Gold
2010 Great American Beer Festival Silver
2012 Great American Beer Festival Gold
2013 Great American Beer Festival Silver
2012 World Beer Cup Bronze
2014 World Beer Cup Bronze

See also

References
  1. Yenne, Bill (1996), Beers of the World, Book Sales, p. 180.
  2. "Mad River turns 15", Modern Brewery Age, December 13, 2004, archived from the original on June 11, 2014.
  3. O'Rourke, Tim (November 20, 2013), "10 Quintessential Northern California Beers", Oakland Tribune, archived from the original on June 11, 2014.
  4. "Steelhead Stout Mad River Brewing Co. Blue Lake, CA", Modern Brewery Age, November 23, 2012, archived from the original on June 11, 2014, Steelhead is the best American-style stout we've had this year.
  5. "Black Ale (New Products)", Beverage Industry, May 1, 2009, archived from the original on June 11, 2014.
  6. "Mad River Double Dread Imperial Red (Brew Notes: Beers of the week)", Modern Brewery Age, August 27, 2010, archived from the original on June 11, 2014, Mad River's Double Dread ran a very close second to Lagunitas Red in our flight of reds.
  7. "Barleywine improves with age", Post-Tribune, February 18, 2011, archived from the original on June 11, 2014.
  8. Nachel, Marty (2008), Homebrewing For Dummies (2nd ed.), John Wiley & Sons, p. 284, ISBN 9780470374160, The Mad River Brewing Company received an award from its home town of Blue Lake, California, for reducing its solid wastes by a whopping 97 percent.
  9. Tucker, Molly Farrell (February 1, 2007), "Becoming a zero emissions brewery", BioCycle, archived from the original on June 11, 2014, Almost as famous for reducing its waste as for making great beer, Mad River Brewing Company of Blue Lake, California is renowned for its Steelhead and Jamaica ales as well as its ten Waste Reduction Awareness Program (WRAP) awards from the state's Integrated Waste Management Board. The microbrewery currently recycles or reuses 98 percent of its residuals with a goal of generating zero waste.
  10. Matlack, Albert (2001), Introduction to Green Chemistry, CRC Press, p. 408, ISBN 9780824704117.
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